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but you do not know what the crop 

 will be. I saw a solid mass of white 

 clover, with no seed sown or any- 

 thing; it came up voluntarily all along 

 the road; everywhere white clover was 

 in abundance; from that, it is a pretty 

 good indication of a good crop for 

 next year. 



President York — This question asks 

 for prospect, so it is all right to give 

 your opinion on the prospect. 



Mr. Kannenberg — In the fall of 1907, 

 we had a wet year, and we had pretty 

 nearly seven inches of rain; the clover 

 got rooted down good; and 1908 was a 

 good honey year. In the fall of 1908, 

 we didn't have any rain at all, and in 

 1909 we had very little clover. This 

 fall we have had plenty of rain, and 

 the conditions are good. I think the 

 prospects for a good clover crop for 

 next year are very good. 



President York — Is the prospect 

 good for a clover honey crop for 1910? 



Dr. Miller — I beg your pardon; I 

 thought it was what ^we know. If it 

 is what we think, I would say — if you 

 Tput it in that shape — I want to change 

 my answer. If it is: Do we think the 

 prospect is good? I would say, of 

 course. Any man that is a bee-keeper 

 that does not expect the prospect good 

 for another year — well, he ought to be 

 put out! 



Mr. Baxter — I differ from Dr. Miller 

 in that respect. Last fall, notwith- 

 standing what Gleanings in Bee 

 Culture said all along, I felt from the 

 beginning that we would have no 

 white clover this year, and it turned 

 out that way. This year the prospect 

 with us is very good; we have a fine 

 stand of white clover; we expect a 

 good crop next year, provided con- 

 ditions are right in the spring. 



Basswood Honey- Dew. 



"Is extracted basswood honey- dew 

 •good for table honey?" 



Mr. Huffman — ^I never saw any. 



Mr. Thompson — It is fit \ for the ta- 

 ble, if used as an ornament! 



President York — How many have 

 seen honey-dew on basswood? I don't 

 see any hands' up. 



Keeping Prices of Honey Up. 



"Granting that honey commands an 

 advanced price this autumn, how can 

 •we retain the advance?" 



I'resident York — That is -for another 

 season, I suppose. 



Dr. Miller — Find out what made the 

 advance, and then do the same things 

 over again. 



A Member — A good suggestion. 



President York — In other words, how 

 can we keep up the price of honey 

 when it is up? 



Mr. Kannenberg — Keep the honey 

 when there is an overflow. If you ship 

 it in all in one lot, the price, of course, 

 will drop. 



President York — Keep it coming to 

 market in small lots. 



Mr. Huffman — If a short crop is 

 what is causing the advance in price, 

 perhaps we would not want to see it 

 again. 



President York — Does a short crop 

 always cause an advance in price? 

 How about it? 



Mr. Cavanagh — Of course an over- 

 production generally weakens prices 

 on any commodity, but there are sev- 

 eral bee-keepers, whom I know, who 

 held part of their crop over to this 

 year. There is a good suggestion, if a 

 man is financially in shape to take 

 hold of it. I know lots of bee-keepers 

 that stocked upon fine honey at low 

 prices, and are realizing a good profit 

 this year on it. 



President York — The honey business 

 isi the same as anything else — it takes 

 money to make money. 



Dr. Bohrer — My impression is that 

 the amount of honey produced has very- 

 little effect on the prices in the coun- 

 try at large; it will not affect it; but 

 what has caused the increase in price 

 of honey and the sale of it is the fact 

 that we have a pure food law ; many of 

 the States have it, and there is also 

 a National law. People are beginning 

 to believe that honey that is put on the 

 market as honey is such, and every 

 package that is labeled "Honey" has 

 to be such under that law. People — 

 hundreds of them — are asking me if it 

 is having any effect. I say, of course, 

 it is; where people will take the pains 

 to inquire where it came from, and if 

 they will put it in the hands of the 

 Board of Health, they will ascertain 

 very quickly what it is, and if it is 

 not pure honey, that man will be taken 

 care of. That is what is affecting and 

 increasing the prices of honey and the 

 demand for honey at the present time, 

 and it will continue to do so; so no- 

 body needs to be scared of an over- 

 production of honey. It may in isolated 

 localities. If I can produce twenty 



